Hyundai has formally lifted the lid on its long-awaited Ioniq 6 electrical sedan – and the Tesla Mannequin Three might lastly have a real competitor on its palms. 

No powertrain specs have been revealed in regards to the automobile as but – that means we don’t know, at this stage, how briskly the Ioniq 6 will dash nor how lengthy it’ll run on a single cost – however the Korean automaker has confirmed that it’s going to share the identical electrical structure as the superb Hyundai Ioniq 5. 

Hyundai has promised {that a} extra detailed rundown of the Ioniq 6’s inside make-up can be made public later this month, although the model did shed some mild on the thought course of behind the EV’s decidedly unconventional look throughout its world unveiling.  

By our eyes, the Ioniq 6 seems like a wierd mash-up of Apple’s Magic Mouse and a traditional Porsche 911 – not precisely stunning, however not wholly unattractive, both. It’s actually… completely different. 

Hyundai, nevertheless, has mentioned that the automobile’s form embodies the ideas of “Sensuous Sportiness” and “Optimistic Futurism”, which can as nicely be advertising and marketing jargon for “the Ioniq 6 is the automotive lovechild of a Tesla Mannequin Three and VW Beetle.”

Seen from the rear, the sedan undoubtedly suits the Porsche-Beetle mildew, with a width-spanning line of tail lights including a perceptible sense of modernity to an in any other case traditional design. By the way, these tail lights, together with the Ioniq 6’s headlights, third brake mild, and rear reflectors, comprise a complete of 700 Parametric Pixel LEDs, of the kind discovered within the Ioniq 5. 

The automobile’s inside takes apparent cues from the Ioniq 5, too, with two 12.3-inch shows positioned subsequent to at least one one other in a cabin packed to the rafters with recycled supplies.

Past these few options, although, we don’t know an excessive amount of extra in regards to the sedan. Hyundai has mentioned that it expects the Ioniq 6 to go on sale within the first half of 2023, and rumors have urged that its price ticket will undercut that of the Tesla Mannequin 3 – however that’s the one different data we’ve at this stage. 

The automaker is difficult at work creating an Ioniq 7 electrical SUV alongside preparations for the right launch of the Ioniq 6, so maybe we’ll study extra in regards to the latter with any information surrounding the previous. In any case, Hyundai appears primed to get pleasure from a number of extra stellar years disrupting the rising electrical automobile market. 

Should you’re eager to study extra in regards to the different new EVs hitting roads in 2022 and past, take a look at our breakdown of the all-electric DeLorean DMC and our evaluation of the Mercedes EQXX’s mind-boggling new vary file.